Category Archives: Star Trek: New Voyages

Star Trek: Phase II‘s Cawley in J.J. Abrams’ Trek Reboot

James Cawley, ‘Captain Kirk’ on the fan film series Star Trek: Phase II, cameos in the new J.J. Abrams reboot feature film, but have the fans really spotted him? Decide for yourself.

The Hunt For Gollum Meets The Chip Kidd of Fan Films

In the book industry, you can tell if a publisher is really invested in making book a hit by a number of factors, but one of the most tell-tale signs is that it’ll spring to have Chip Kidd design the cover. In addition to his own novels and books, including co-producing the awesome Watching the [...]

Top 5 Must-See Star Trek Fan Films!

This is the latest in a series of articles, each one covering five “must-see” fan films. After all, there’s so many fan flicks out there—how do you find the good stuff? Try these! Some are classics, others are just cool, but either way, you’ll be entertained. With the new Star Trek big-screen movie out this [...]

Fan Films, Media Assassins, Sex Toys & Me—on the Radio!

Recently, I was a guest on NonFiction, a weekly news magazine on New York’s WBAI-FM. Host Harry Allen, the Media Assassin, knows a lot about fan films (he once wrote about them for the late, great Premiere magazine), so we had a blast talking about the Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation guys; various [...]

Homemade Hollywood Hits Airwaves, Podcasts & Press

Homemade Hollywood, my new book about the world of fan films, has been getting some attention lately. Besides getting nominated for the Rondo Awards‘ “Best Book of 2008″ (please vote!), it also landed me a few interviews on the airwaves, in cyberspace and even in print. Last week, I got to hang at the podcast [...]

Star Trek Gets A Little Animated

There’s a lot to be said for the high-profile Star Trek fan films of recent years; between Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II, Starship Farragut, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and the others, there’s a lot of interesting stuff to see. As an increasing number of ex-Trek professionals have gotten involved on both sides of [...]

DAVE School: The CGI Secret of Star Trek: Phase II

If you’ve ever watched an episode of the fan film series Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II, there was probably a point where you used any one of Christian Bale’s favorite expletives, followed by “will ya look at those effects?” They’re impressive alright—and often, they’re courtesy of DAVE School: The Digital Animation and Visual Effects School [...]

Buck Rogers and The World of Tomorrow…Today

Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote that Star Trek: Phase II‘s James Cawley got the rights to do a Buck Rogers web series? Turns out he was inadvertently beaten to the punch by Buck Rogers and the World of Tomorrow, a student-made CGI feast by Patrick deLeon. The five-minute short pays tribute to [...]

Podcast Picks Top Trek, Star Wars Fan Films

Fan Film Feeder is a new video podcast and accompanying blog by Donald D. Dienst (I’m sure there’s a joke to be made there about 3D, but I’m too tired to find it). The gist is simple enough: Dienst chooses a fan film he likes, makes it available as a downloadable podcast, and announces on [...]

Star Trek Fan Film News: Hidden Frontier, More

Star Trek is a massive universe (even if it’s supposed to be our own) and the legions of fans that support it are just as huge. As a result, there’s always enough going on within Trek fandom that any given week, there’s bound to be a few fan film news stories to tell. To whit: [...]

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